Here are some pics and notes on the install of jdbewl01's new Hyperflow TMIC. This is an awesome intercooler and a great mod. I couldn't believe the difference it made, and after hard driving for 5 or 6 miles, it was actually cool to the touch, not just warm or bearable, but honest to goodness cool, like it hadn't been started overnight. I think it's partly due to the monstrous nature of this beast!
Care to guess which one is not stock!?!? That core is about 6" thick!
Here's what it looks like installed:
There are a couple of things to note about this install. First, if you're going to change your PCV valve, this is the time. Here's where you'll find it, it's the red arrow:
Just for orientation, the green arrow is the turbo outlet and the blue arrow is the throttle body. If you're going to change it, you'll find that it's not available at autozone or whatever. Their book says they have it, but it's all lies. Besides, it's screwed into a little plastic fitting and doesn't come out readily. Just suck it up and buy the assembled unit from the Suby dealer.
Next, when you put this in, the brackets won't line up quite right, or didn't for us. On the Passenger side bracket, we ended up drilling a new hole and putting a bolt and nut through it. On the driver's side, the big black bracket was too bulky and rubbed hard against the side of the cooler, despite our best efforts. We took the bracket off and ground it down by a good 3-4mm on the side against the intercooler to make it clear.
We also put on a perrin hose set, including bypass valve hose, tmic inlet hose, and throttle body coupler. They all installed pretty easily, but you have to be ready to trim them, they come pretty long. Also, we found it's best to put everything together (except the clamps at the cooler inlets) somewhat loosely, and tighten up the clamps down after you have everything more or less in place. Perrin included a nicer set of hose clamps too, which was nice.
Once the intercooler was in, Jeremy was nice enough to give me the honors of the first drive, and I have never noticed such a dramatic change in a car before from just adding one thing like that, it was great. The boost came on smoother and sooner, peak boost was higher, and I want to say that the engine sounded a little smoother under throttle.
Overall, it was a successful evening of parts swapping! :tup:
Care to guess which one is not stock!?!? That core is about 6" thick!
Here's what it looks like installed:
There are a couple of things to note about this install. First, if you're going to change your PCV valve, this is the time. Here's where you'll find it, it's the red arrow:
Just for orientation, the green arrow is the turbo outlet and the blue arrow is the throttle body. If you're going to change it, you'll find that it's not available at autozone or whatever. Their book says they have it, but it's all lies. Besides, it's screwed into a little plastic fitting and doesn't come out readily. Just suck it up and buy the assembled unit from the Suby dealer.
Next, when you put this in, the brackets won't line up quite right, or didn't for us. On the Passenger side bracket, we ended up drilling a new hole and putting a bolt and nut through it. On the driver's side, the big black bracket was too bulky and rubbed hard against the side of the cooler, despite our best efforts. We took the bracket off and ground it down by a good 3-4mm on the side against the intercooler to make it clear.
We also put on a perrin hose set, including bypass valve hose, tmic inlet hose, and throttle body coupler. They all installed pretty easily, but you have to be ready to trim them, they come pretty long. Also, we found it's best to put everything together (except the clamps at the cooler inlets) somewhat loosely, and tighten up the clamps down after you have everything more or less in place. Perrin included a nicer set of hose clamps too, which was nice.
Once the intercooler was in, Jeremy was nice enough to give me the honors of the first drive, and I have never noticed such a dramatic change in a car before from just adding one thing like that, it was great. The boost came on smoother and sooner, peak boost was higher, and I want to say that the engine sounded a little smoother under throttle.
Overall, it was a successful evening of parts swapping! :tup: